(OC Register) California schools may soon need to provide halal and kosher meal options for students.
Dubbed the Halal and Kosher School Meals Act, a proposed bill in the California Legislature would require schools to provide kosher or halal meals if more than 5% of their students request such.
Both kosher and halal meals follow specific Jewish and Islamic dietary practices, respectively, for how food is prepared and served. For kosher meals, dairy and meat cannot be mixed, and only certain animals can be eaten. Halal requires animals to be slaughtered in a particular way and does not permit the consumption of pork products.
Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, said every student, no matter religion or culture, deserves to feel “supported and included at school” and his bill is one way that schools can do that.
